英文摘要 |
After 1949, Quemoy (also known as Kinmen) and Matsu Islands became the front line in the confrontation between the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party. More especially in 1954 (the first Taiwan Strait crisis) and 1958 (the second Taiwan Strait crisis), the region was widely recognized as a ''Hot Zone in the Cold War''. Consequently, between 1949 and 1992, Kinmen and Mazu experienced a long period of military governance, and both islands experienced a very thorough militarization of local society and the landscape. As a result, both soldiers and residents had a shared memory of life in the battlefield. After the lifting of military rule in 1992 and the subsequent withdrawal of troops, the diverse tangible and intangible cultural landscapes of the battlefront faced new challenges and opportunities. This was an important issue associated with the development of a“post-war society”, with application for inclusion in the list of World Heritage Sites as one of its goals. This paper aims to reevaluate the preservation of Quemoy and Matsu battlefronts as cultural landscapes, along with policies related to the application for World Heritage Status and their social value in terms of the memories of the local populace and their local perspective. The first part reevaluates the multiplicity and complexity of residents’awareness of, and memories, relating to 20 years of military rule based on the perspective of local society. It places the military camps of Kinmen and Matsu into a battlefield cultural landscape, as well as its type and characteristics. The second part discusses the type, distribution and features of Quemoy and Matsu battlefields’cultural landscapes, and to use the World Heritage Convention criteria in their evaluation. Lastly, a possible strategy through memory preservation, regional revitalization and heritage protection is proposed. |